The Tours

Greater Toronto Tour

Oshawa, Brampton, Mississauga, Waterloo

The AutopistaAmericas Tour in Canada visits the best International Baccalaureate Schools in the Greater Toronto area. Our tours include a Parent’s Night Informative Session where we invite school counselors and parents to discuss the universities and to answer any questions regarding the application process.

TOUR DATES AND COSTS

Package

Dates

Autopista Greater Toronto

November 9-13, 2015

Autopista Reverse Tours

May/June/December, 2015

Canadian Participating Schools Lists

Typical Parents’ Night / Discussion Panel

Notre Dame Secondary School – Brampton, Ontario

Each day the buses depart from the Courtyard Marriott in St. John’s and Holiday Inn in Toronto between
6:00 am – 7:00 am depending on the location of the first school visit. Each
visit lasts approximately 1.5 hours and the tour covers up to 5 schools per day.
University representatives should be prepared to supply materials for these
students. The buses return to the hotel between 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm.

*You may run additional advertising and rent extra booth space for any
tour at an additional cost to be determined by AutopistaAmericas.

“The Loyola Model” is now used at EVERY host secondary school in Canada.

What is the “Loyola Model”?

It represents the structure and format used in preparation for Tour Canada.

Step 1: The Panel

At every host school there is a panel of FIVE United States Admissons representatives
who will present for 45 minutes on the following subjects:

Taking the SAT’s

Filing the applications for admission

Costs/financial assistance(This is done by IEFA out of Toronto)

Visas/legal paperwork

Athletics

Filling out inquiry cards

Visiting the campus

Life AFTER you graduate

Step 2: The Break

There is a ten minute break to allow for the representatives to prepare their tables.

Step 3: The Fair

All grade 11 and 12 students are released for 75 minutes to meet with university officials.

Step 4: The Review

A 15 minute review session with all counselors and certain faculty over coffee to discuss issues, exchange cards etc.

The consensus was that many of the students and counselors needed better preparation and undertanding as to how the American system works. In addition, we have eliminated those host schools that would make it necessary for students to pre-register for this event. As we all know students typically do not react that much in advance and therefore the turnouts were being affected. Thus, it is now mandatory for all students to be released.

Private Receptions

As with Puerto Rico, private receptions serve an important function to the Canada
Tour. Private receptions allow universities representatives to interact one-on-one
with students from Canada. Schools often decide to hold private receptions towards
the end of the tour after they have made contact with many students over the course
of the week. Private receptions create a unique and personal atmosphere, which allows
schools to directly target their clientele.

If you would like to host a private reception, please indicate so on your Registration
Form. If you are unsure at this point the exact day you would like to host the reception,
leave that field blank and contact our office to discuss the details.